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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Somerset golf club welcomes 75 new members since January
Enmore Park Golf Club has welcomed 75 new members since January. This includes men, women, and juniors who have joined the club in 2025. The club has an induction process for new members, led by club induction co-ordinator, Gwen Cavill. She is supported by link co-ordinators from the men's, ladies, seniors, and junior sections. The purpose of the induction is to fully integrate new members into the club. New member induction co-ordinators, Rob Fear, Adrian Winter, Jo Wyatt, and Alison Marchant, volunteer their time to help with this process. The 'Get into Golf Focus Group' also plays a key role in encouraging local community members to join the club. They promote the coaching programmes led by head golf professional, Harry Brown, and golf professional, Alex Elwick. The club's website has a new members section with useful information for anyone wanting to join. Those interested in joining the club can contact the general manager, Matt Brooke, on 01278 672100 extension four, or email manager@ The club is always open to visitors and potential new members. Every year, the club organises a nine-hole Texas scramble event for new members. This event gives new members a chance to play golf with other new members and learn about the club's competitions and social activities. Twenty-two new members and seven existing members took part in the most recent event in July. The winners of this event were Rob Fear, William Swift, Jonathan Cridge, and Nigel Redman. Several competitions have taken place recently at the club. The Ladies Eloise Grace Salver 18-hole competition was won by Heather Neale with 44 points, and the Ladies Eccles Cup was won by Angie Bowden with 45 points. Ann Morrison won the Ladies Individual nine-hole Stableford with 23 points, while Rhys Morgan won the Broomfield Cup, a nine-hole competition for past captains, with 20 points. Vince Hall was the winner of Week 16 of the Summer League with 22 points, and Edward Ingram won Saturday's Pro Shop Medal with a score of 69. The seniors' team also recently hosted their Long Sutton counterparts. Despite a gloomy weather forecast, the match was played in dry conditions. It was a close contest, with Enmore winning overall by 3.5 to 2.5. The winning pairs were Kevin Lewis with Peter Farnell, Chris Willsteed with Jeff Saunders, and Steve Jones with Peter Scott. Jeff Saunders was the winner of the nearest the pin competition.
BBC News
02-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
New members elected to Guernsey's Policy & Resources Committee
The States of Guernsey has elected four new members to the island's most senior Gavin St Pier, Steve Falla, Charles Parkinson and Jonathan Le Tocq were appointed to the Policy and Resources Committee (P&R) following a the four members, newly minted P&R President Lindsay de Sausmarez said they brought a lot of experience to the Tocq received 35 votes, St Pier and Parkinson received 31 each and Falla got 30 votes. The four new members of P&R will earn about £60,000 a year for the position. It was expected Le Tocq would act as lead on external relations for the committee, while Parkinson was expected to be appointed as lead for the review of tax Pier, the former treasury and resources minister, was tipped to act as treasury president of the Committee for Economic Development Neil Inder proposed the candidates for membership of P&R should answer questions from returning deputy Sarah Hansmann-Rouxel said there was no need for them to face questions, as P&R members were not like committee presidents in their responsibilities. Former Scrutiny Management Committee president Yvonne Burford agreed with Hansmann-Rouxel. Inder's proposal was defeated after it received only 11 votes.
